Broom-handle holder.



A. BIBAUW.

BROOM HANDLE HOLDER. APPLICATION IILBD 231 .20, 1911.

993,,Q20 Patented May'23, 1911.

ATTORNEYS Aswan BIBAUW, or new *zonx, N. Y.

BROOM-HANDLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May23, 1911.

Application filed February 20, 1911. Serial No. 609,781. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASIMAN BIBAUW, a

proved Broom-Handle Holder, of which the h following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a holder of the character mentioned which is adjustable to backs of brushes'of diflerentthicknesses, and to handles therefor'of various dimensions and to provide a simple, durable and eflicient construction which may be quickly adjusted and when so adjusted set in fixed position with reference to the handle and the brush.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a holder' constructed and arranged with the present invention, showing in conjunction therewith a fragment of a handle" and a fragment of the back of a brush; Fig. 2 isa detail screw socket forming part of the present invention; and Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of the end of the holder for the handle, showing-the screw head for engagement with the said socket.

The handle A may be constructed from any suitable material. A split holder 8 is provided, the outer end whereof is flared and the sideswhereof are resilient to provide for the reception of the tapered end of lfandles of various diameters. Extended over-the body of the holder 8 when the ends of the said body are sufliciently contracted, is a ring 9. The ring 9 is provided with an internal diameter sufficiently great to permit the said ring to fit loosely over the holder 8 near the vertical section '10 thereof. ,The section 10 and the body of the holder are tubular in form, the material being as light as the-needs of the trade and the employment to which the brush is put demand. At the base of the vertical section 10 a flange 11 is extended. The flange 11 is provided in the? under face thereof with a cutting ridge 12. Between the ridge 12 and the exftrcme periphery of the flange 11 a perfora- 'into the under face of in accordance view in perspective of a tion 13 is formed. The purpose of the perforation 13 is to receive a pin or a small nail 14, as hereinafter set forth.

Integrally formed with the flange 11 and extended from the under surface thereof is a screw head 15. with a thread to register with the thread 16 of the socket 17. The socket 17 is tubular in form and preferably open ended, having provided at the lower end thereof a laterally extended flange 18. vided at suitable intervals with a series of spurs 19. The spurs 19 are the wood of theback B of the brush.

To mount on the back B of a brush a ham dle holder of the construction described, the operation is as follows: The back B is provided with a hole suitable to receive the socket 17. The socket 17 is placed within the hole and driven home until the spurs 19 sink into the wood to permit the body of Y the flange 18 to rest firmly against the lower side thereof. In this position the socket .may receive the head 15., The head 15 is screwed hard into the socket, the cutting ridge 1?. sinking into the wood forming the top surface of the back holder 8 is extended with reference to the body of the brush to the roper or desired position, when the nail 14 1S driven through The head 15 is provided The flange 18 is prodesigned to sink B. The handle the perforation 13 into the body of the wood forming the back B. In this manner, and very easily, working position. The handle A is now adjusted by being forced int6 the holder 8. l/Vhen thus positioned the ring 9 is forced outward over the holder 8 until the sides of the said holder are compressed in gripping rclation ,on the handle A. A pin 20 is then driven through a perforation formed in the ring 9 to hold the said ring rigidly in set position.

If at any time it becomes desirable to replace or repair the handle A this may be readily removed from the holder 8 by drawing the pin 20 and moving the ring back toward the small end of the holder or'the' vertical section 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A broom handle holder, screw socket adapted to extend through a hole in the back of a broom; said socket provided with a later-ally extended flange;

comprising a and ahandle'holder having laterall disposed slots to form-yielding contractibl e sections, said holder being provided with a screw threaded extension to register with the threads in said socket, and said holder being further provided with a laterally extended flange having a perforation formed therein to receive a fastening device adapted for engagement with the back of said broom to maintain said holder in' non-rotative posi tion.

2.. A broom handle holder, comprising an open-ended internally threaded socket having a laterally extended flange provided with holding spurs svitably disposed thereon; a handle holder having open-ended slots formed in the side thereof to provide a.

contractible gripping section; a ring slidable over said gripplng section to contract the said holder; and a fastening device adapted to be driven into said handle to hold said ring. a v

3. A broom handle holder, comprising an openended internally threaded socket having av laterally extended flange provided with retaining spurs adapted to sink into the wood of a broom; a handle holder having an inclined handle receiving section,

said section provided with open-ended longitudinally extended slots adaptedto permit the contraction of the ends of' said section, said handle holder being provided with a screw threaded projection to register with said socket and a laterally extended flange v of two subscribing witnesses,

ASIMAN BIBAUW.

Witnesses:

i E. F. MURoooK g PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs. 

